Red fennel root

Red fennel root

(records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

[synonym] Laogen (records of Tianmu yam in Zhejiang Province) and anisodactyls (commonly used folk herbs in Zhejiang Province).

[source] it is the root or root bark of Illicium angustifolia.

[plant morphology] fennel with narrow leaf, also known as: Eriocheir sinensis, Eriocheir sinensis, Osmanthus fragrans, fennel (Zhejiang Tianmu yam plant records), Eriocheir sinensis, fennel, Eriocheir sinensis, Photinia heterophylla, tiekusan, mentongxiang, fennel, and fennel (Zhejiang folk herbs).

Small evergreen trees, up to 8 m tall. Bark grayish brown. Leaves alternate, sometimes pseudowhorled, leathery, oblanceolate or lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 1.5-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, entire; petiole 5-10 mm long. Flowers solitary or 2-3 in leaf axils. Pedicel 1-3 cm long; perianth 11-14 pieces, outer ring 3 pieces yellow green, calyx flake, the smallest, the second round 3 pieces yellow green slightly red, the third round 3 pieces dark red, base yellow green, fleshy, inner ring 4-5 pieces, dark red; stamens 7-11. The fruit consists of 9-13 seeds, arranged in a star shape, with a long and curved tip at the tip, and dehiscent on the inside at maturity. The seed is oval and brown. The flowering period is from May to June. The fruit period is from August to October.

It grows in the mixed woods on both sides of the wet valley. It is distributed in the provinces and regions south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The leaves of this plant (Foeniculum vulgare L.) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round. After the roots are dug up, the soil impurities are removed, and the slices are dried in the sun. After digging up the root bark, cut it into small sections and sun it until half dry. Then cut the bark with a knife to remove the xylem.

The root is cylindrical, often irregularly curved, usually 2-3cm in diameter, with rough and brown surface, with obvious transverse cracks and longitudinal wrinkles caused by drying shrinkage, and a few corks are easy to peel off, showing brown skin. It is hard and not easy to break. The section is light brown, and the periphery is reddish brown. The xylem accounts for most of the root, and concentric rings (rings) can be seen. It is fragrant and pungent. The root bark is irregular, different in size, slightly curly, 1-2 mm thick, brown in appearance, with longitudinal wrinkles and a few transverse cracks. The inner surface is reddish brown, smooth, with longitudinal texture. The quality is firm and crisp, the section is slightly neat, and the gas and taste have the same root. It is better to be dry and free from mud.

[processing] wash, soak, remove and moisten the root. Cut the root into pieces. Cut the root skin into silk and dry in the sun.

[nature and taste] Jinhua's selected prescriptions of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines: "bitter, warm and poisonous. "

Functions and indications: dispel wind, dredge collaterals, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatic arthralgia, carbuncle swelling poison.

① Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs: "blood circulation, removing blood stasis, killing insects. "

② "Tongjing Huoxue, Sanyu Zhitong" in Jinhua's selected prescriptions of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 1-2 cents; powder, 1-3 cents.

[should not] pregnant women should not take it; those with Yin deficiency but without blood stasis should be cautious.

[prescription selection] ① for traumatic injuries, blood stasis, swelling and pain: one to two yuan for the root bark of red fennel. Water fried, red rice wine, brown sugar, sooner or later, each time. (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine) fresh root bark or bark of Erhong fennel, add yellow rice wine or salt, and tamp the affected area. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)

② Treatment of internal low back pain: Red fennel root skin grind fine powder, each time two to five minutes, sooner or later with rice wine.

③ Treatment of rheumatism pain: Red fennel root skin, cut, steam three times, sun three times. Each time with three money, fried, red sugar, rice wine service.

④ Treatment of carbuncle, unknown swelling poison: Red fennel root skin, grind fine powder, and glutinous rice mash, apply the affected area. (2) Zhejiang folk herbal medicine is listed below.)

[clinical application] treatment of rheumatic joint or muscle pain

Take the root bark of red fennel to make 5% injection, and inject directly into the pain area (not into the joint cavity), 0.5-2 ml each time, once every 1-2 days, generally 3-7 times as a course of treatment. 541 cases of joint and muscle pain caused by rheumatism or trauma were treated. The results showed that 295 cases were cured, 128 cases were markedly effective, 70 cases were improved, 48 cases were ineffective, and the effective rate was more than 90%. According to the observation, red fennel injection should be used for rheumatic pain of cold type in TCM syndrome differentiation, not for patients with heat syndrome, but should not be used for patients with joint redness and swelling, ESR or rheumatic active stage with elevated anti "O". Generally, the local pain was slightly felt on the day of injection, aggravated on the second day, and gradually relieved on the third day. The pain could be eliminated after 3-5 injections. The more severe the pain, the better the curative effect.